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Only thing that truly got damaged was my citronella I had just transplanted. Most of it browned but is coming back nicely. My catnip looked bad too but rebounded. Hostas curled up but nothing died thankfully. Any veggies we had in pots outside were dead on night two.

Mother's day is trending wetter. Got tickets to Grounds for Sculpture down in Hamilton, crossing my fingers.

It's also been going on since last October, too. All but one month, which is arguable anyway ..., were showing a plaguing cold anomaly, either in scalar extreme when not relative to the whole planet, situated over the eastern N/A latitudes .(.aka, us ) since late last autumn. I've been posting them since mid winter. NASA releases them around the 10th... so April should be prepped soon. I would not be shocked and in fact expect to see this has continued. We may still be "above normal" ... or not. But if we are, we will likely be still cooler than everywhere else.

No freeze here in Nassua. My early girl tomatoes which have been in since early April are taking off now. One thing we do have is damage to broad leaf evergreens from the winter. Especially skip laurel and Japanese acuba. My red rocket crape mryrle which died back to the ground in 15 made it this year though and is finally starting to leaf out. .

First 7 days of May Dep Through the 7 LGA: -1.3 NYC: -1.2 JFK: -0.3 EWR: +0.5

Records: Highs: EWR: 92 (2000) NYC: 91 (2000) LGA: 89 (2000) JFK: 86 (1964) Lows: EWR: 35 (1947) NYC: 36 (2020) LGA: 37 (1947) JFK: 39 (2020) Historical: 1784 - A deadly hailstorm in South Carolina hit the town of Winnsborough. The hailstones, measuring as much as nine inches in circumference, killed several persons, and a great number of sheep, lambs and birds. (David Ludlum) 1803 - A freak spring storm produced heavy snow from southern Indiana to New England. The storm made sleighing possible in Massachusetts, but also ruined shade trees in Philadelphia. (David Ludlum) 1840: Natchez, Mississippi: May 7-8th one of the most deadly tornado in US history strikes Natchez and Natchez Landing on the Mississippi, killing 317. (Ref. Wx. Doctor) 1874: A deadly hailstorm in South Carolina hit the town of Winnsborough. The hailstones, measuring as much as nine inches in circumference, killed several persons, and a great number of sheep, lambs and birds. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1917: Richmond, VA had a high temperature for the day of 47 °F making it the coolest May day on record (records since 1897). (Ref. Richmond Weather Records - KRIC) 1965: A strong cold front helped produce a major tornado outbreak across central and eastern Nebraska and South Dakota. Four people were killed in Nebraska in an F4 tornado. An F5 tornado hit southern South Dakota. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1974: Record Minimum temperature for Washington, DC for the date is 39 °F. 1981 - The Dallas/Fort Worth area experienced its worst hailstorm of record as baseball to grapefruit size hail, accompanied by 100 mph winds, caused nearly 200 million dollars damage. Hail accumulated eight inches deep at Cedar Hill TX. (The Weather Channel) 1987 - Twenty-eight cities in the northwestern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. The record high of 95 degrees at Redding CA was their fifth in a row, and the record high of 102 degrees at Hanover WA was just one degree shy of their record for May. (The National Weather Summary) 1988 - Thunderstorms in the Mississippi Valley spawned a total of 57 tornadoes, including 24 in Wisconsin, and a record 22 tornadoes in one day in Iowa. There were also more than 200 reports of large hail and damaging winds. Baseball size hail was reported at Terre Bonne Mo. At Rockford IL one person was temporarily trapped inside a portable toilet toppled by thunderstorm winds gusting to 80 mph. Fortuntely, not a single person was killed in the "Mother's Day" tornado outbreak. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 - Twenty-one cities in the eastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date. Lows of 28 degrees at Asheville NC and 31 degrees at Greer SC were records for May. (The National Weather Summary) 1990 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather in northwestern and north central Kansas during the evening and night. Thunderstorms produced hail three inches in diameter at Brewster, and wind gusts to 92 mph south of Wakeeney. Thunderstorms over northwest Iowa deluged the town of Boone with five inches of rain flooding basements and leaving some areas under four feet of water. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

55 / 39 pretty much basically a repeat of Thursday today. Cloudy showers/ cooler Saturday. Warmer Mothers Day but clouds could cling on. Overall cooler and wetter weerk 5/9 - 5/16. Moderation towards the 17th and perhaps more persistent warmth in the 5/24 period / beyond.

The new NMME is showing very strong coupling and a massive (El Nino) standing wave developing in June

May 8 1924: A snowstorm brings up to 4 inches to parts of Minnesota. Minneapolis sees a half inch of snow with St. Paul picking up an inch. Up to 50 mph winds accompany the snow. For Friday, May 8, 2026 1784 - A deadly hailstorm in South Carolina hit the town of Winnsborough. The hailstones, measuring as much as nine inches in circumference, killed several persons, and a great number of sheep, lambs and birds. (David Ludlum) 1803 - A freak spring storm produced heavy snow from southern Indiana to New England. The storm made sleighing possible in Massachusetts, but also ruined shade trees in Philadelphia. (David Ludlum) 1981 - The Dallas/Fort Worth area experienced its worst hailstorm of record as baseball to grapefruit size hail, accompanied by 100 mph winds, caused nearly 200 million dollars damage. Hail accumulated eight inches deep at Cedar Hill TX. (The Weather Channel) 1987 - Twenty-eight cities in the northwestern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. The record high of 95 degrees at Redding CA was their fifth in a row, and the record high of 102 degrees at Hanover WA was just one degree shy of their record for May. (The National Weather Summary) 1988 - Thunderstorms in the Mississippi Valley spawned a total of 57 tornadoes, including 24 in Wisconsin, and a record 22 tornadoes in one day in Iowa. There were also more than 200 reports of large hail and damaging winds. Baseball size hail was reported at Terre Bonne Mo. At Rockford IL one person was temporarily trapped inside a portable toilet toppled by thunderstorm winds gusting to 80 mph. Fortunately, not a single person was killed in the "Mother's Day" tornado outbreak. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 - Twenty-one cities in the eastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date. Lows of 28 degrees at Asheville NC and 31 degrees at Greer SC were records for May. (The National Weather Summary) 1990 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather in northwestern and north central Kansas during the evening and night. Thunderstorms produced hail three inches in diameter at Brewster, and wind gusts to 92 mph south of Wakeeney. Thunderstorms over northwest Iowa deluged the town of Boone with five inches of rain flooding basements and leaving some areas under four feet of water. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

Had a heavy shower come thru late which upped my total for the day to .90".

Congrats. We knew

The issue is clear: the diurnal formula uses Math.cos with a period of 24 hours but the loop only iterates h += 3, so the hour correctly represents local time — but the run time starts at 12z UTC, not local time. This means the diurnal peak (2PM local) gets mapped to the wrong hours. Should be fixed.

Agree but I doubt that would happen with a strong el nino unless a big block forms.

it's a winter pattern in the curvature/geometric orientation, but the sun's forcing it's will ... such that the former is doing so around spring hydrostatic and non-hydrostatic heights. It's been this way all spring thus far. 80 F? doesn't matter... that's just the higher relative hydro and non hydro heights. And the fact that it never lasts longer than a day, no sooner and there's frost on the car tops so quickly - it's like a cutter pattern in January, just dong so with spring heights. Below is being forced by some sort of background/non-linear forcing that we've been plagued with for weeks. It's been the resting/return state ... unrelenting. We're still in winter. We need to get away from this... These blue hydrostatic height lines keep laze faire drooping down as we're speeding toward the solstice and it's gotten rather anachronistically late. We don't have to be 87/63 ... But, lows both predominately and pervasively < 40F, even preceding "warm" afternoons (fake warmth that feels like it's bleeding out) is not going the right way and are just numbers and sensible appeals being created by a zombie winter baseline, hauntingly late. This, while the world is presently in 3rd place warmest ever (relative to date/CC).... too. zomb!

Low of 41. Rain totals again being cut back down this way for tomorrow.

Ha, it’s like legit snowing now.

My Wisteria browned out, my hostas look like they were scorched. Worst freeze in 20 years for tree fruits and the wine industry from VA through the northeast.

The sensible weather in any given location is a function of the global temperatures which sets the range of options. It’s why the CONUS winters have shifted so much warmer after 2014-2015 compared to before. This is why your area in the Great Lakes hasn’t been able to experience a repeat of the 2013-2014 winter following the big global temperature jump in 2015-2016. Same for Central and Eastern PA not being able to experience a repeat of 1993-1994 benchmark for snow and record cold. Along with NYC Metro not seeing anything close to 1995-1996. It’s no coincidence that those two benchmark winters occurred before the first big temperature jump in 1997-1998. The climate state from 1997-1998 to 2014-2015 also produced benchmark winters for Boston in 2014-2015 and DC to Philly in 2009-2010 which haven’t been able to be replicated. Following the 2023-2024 temperature shift to warmer weather we experienced the #1 warmest winter and #2 warmest winter for the CONUS only two years ago apart. Even a relatively small temperature shift to warmer in the 1980s hasn’t allowed a top 10 coldest CONUS winter to happen again like we had in the 1970s. So every temperature jump has resulted in some aspect of the prior climate not being able to occur in the new warmer one. But we usually have to wait until after one of these jumps to start observing which elements of the earlier climate state haven’t been carried forward into the newer one.

Mins this morn…lots of sub freezing temps in the valleys and north.

30.3 with FROST at 6:15.

I'm with you. Low of 31° here. I'm so done with it.

Minimum temperatures this morning were 8 to 14 degrees below normal for today’s date. The lowest was our typical cold spot in Warwick Twp with a low of 35.5. With the exception of Sunday, where temperatures will be close to normal with highs in the low 70’s we should see well below normal temperatures continue for at least the next week. Rain chances increase tomorrow morning into the afternoon. We should see a mostly sunny Mom’s Day on Sunday before more rain arrives Sunday night into Monday. Some models are hinting at almost an inch of rain between Saturday and Monday night.

Minimum temperatures this morning were 8 to 14 degrees below normal for today’s date. The lowest was our typical cold spot in Warwick Twp with a low of 35.5. With the exception of Sunday, where temperatures will be close to normal with highs in the low 70’s we should see well below normal temperatures continue for at least the next week. Rain chances increase tomorrow morning into the afternoon. We should see a mostly sunny Mom’s Day on Sunday before more rain arrives Sunday night into Monday. Some models are hinting at almost an inch of rain between Saturday and Monday night.

Overcast, 44°.